Left to right: Dr. Hank Schwartz, Jeanne Kessler, and Dr. Lenworth Jacobs are congratulated on being named Healthcare Heroes by Hartford Hospital president Dr. Stuart Markowitz. (Posted by Tina.varona, Community Contributor)

Dr. Hank Schwartz, Jeanne Kessler, RN, and Dr. Lenworth Jacobs have been named Healthcare Heroesby the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA). The three were selected from hundreds of nominees from hospitals throughout the state. Jacobs, director of Hartford Hospital's Trauma Program,was recognized for his work in establishing the Hartford Consensus, a group of national first-responder experts, who developed recommendations to educate and train the public in assisting victims - by stopping the bleeding - before first responders arrive following a mass-casualty event. Schwartz, psychiatrist-in-chief at the Institute of Living and vice president of the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network, was recognized for his state and national leadership in crafting public policy and launching a national dialogueon mental health following the Sandy Hook tragedy. Kessler, a nurse manager at the IOL, was recognized for a variety of work, including her studies and treatment of dementia patients and her extensive work with and education of volunteers, including establishing a patient safety/fall prevention program (resulting in an 80 percent decrease in falls), a geriatric visitation program for those with dementia, and the Meal Mates program.

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